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December 2011 New Statues Click here to view the new statues November 2009 | Press Orlando Harding: creating tales of superheros in Oakland, CA Orlando Harding, an Arizona resident with roots in the Bay Area, took a love and passion for comics and turned it into inspiration to form his own comic book company and published it's flagship title "Pariah" back in March of 2006. The title told the story of a fallen angel named David Howard who is banished from heaven and cast to Earth to wander the streets of Oakland, CA. March 2007 THE PROTOTYPES ARE ARRIVING! February 2007 | Press Fallen angel turned superhero So there you are, a perfectly innocent citizen, walking your dog on the banks of Lake Merritt on a dark and somehow ominous night. But what's that up in the sky? It's definitely not a bird. Nothing resembling a plane. November 2007 | Press Superhero To Save Oakland-And Mankind Orlando Harding did something nobody's ever done before. The Bay Area native created a comic book superhero that fights evil in Oakland. In his book, an African American protagonist named Pariah is kicked out of Heaven and lands bare ass naked in the middle of Lake Meritt in Oakland, California. November 2006 | Interview Keeping It Real in Superhero Land In his suddenly popular comic book, Orlando Harding's African-American protagonist, Pariah is kicked out of heaven and lands bare-ass naked in Oakland, Calif. Harding has just published the fourth issue in the series, a tale of goodand evil waged by demons and angels amid Bay Area characters of every stripe, and with fallen-angel Pariah stuck right in the middle . September 2006 | Press Printing his Panels A fallen angel who's being hunted by hell doesn't live in Yuma -- but his creator does. Orlando Harding grins when he talks about the surprise of fans and industry folks when they find out that he's the guy behind the headline-grabbing new comic book "Pariah." They must not expect to find a family man who's one heck of a nice guy who lives in the Foothills of Yuma and works as a drug and alcohol counselor. August 2006 | Press Stuck Between Heaven and Hell Heaven and Hell. Fallen Angels and Demons. You've heard of these terms before, but perhaps not in the way Orlando Harding is handling them in his Pariah series, self-published through Revolution Comics. August 2006 | Press Oakland's first comic book superhero makes a splash, courtesy of Orlando Harding When it's time for David, the fallen angel in the comic book Pariah, to return to earth, he arrives as a hurtling fireball into the middle of Lake Merritt. Later, the hero runs naked through Oakland, chased by two-thirds of the police department. June 2006 | Release PARIAH #3 By Orlando Harding, David Miller, Introduces King Eddie, a street preacher that is trying to do Gods work on Earth. However, King Eddie is unprepared for what Hell has to offer. Natasami arrives in Oakland in search of David but his arrival leaves the entire city with memories that they will not soon forget. David gets put in a predicament that he might never be able to recover from that ultimately spawn phase 1 of Hells plan. Hell has been listening, Hell has been waiting, Hell has been informed, Hell is coming! All Hell breaks out in book 3. 24pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 May 2006 | Interview Komikazee Interviews Pariah Creator Orlando Harding Check out this Orlando Hardings thoughts on his hot new book, Pariah! March 2006 | Release PARIAH #2 By Orlando Harding, David Miller, The storyline moves forward as a naked and dazed Howard copes with being reborn into a world of sin while simultaneously having to scramble in order to elude the Oakland PD, which is on high-alert after receiving reports that a nude pervert is terrorizing the city. Unbeknownst to Howard, there is a strict code of conduct he is expected to follow upon his return to Earth (but he is unaware of this). Angel Howard will soon discover his Earthly actions, both good and bad, will affect not only him, but will ultimately influence the course of history and all mankind. 24pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 March 2006 | Release PARIAH #1 By Orlando Harding, David Miller, After incurring God's wrath for committing an unpardonable transgression, angel David Howard is banished from Heaven to roam the streets of Oakland, CA. Unaware that his presence on Earth has long been anticipated, the fallen angel discovers he is equipped with special powers that make him the prized pawn in an epic battle between the forces of good and evil. He's naked, has no memory, and Heaven, Hell, and the OPD are all chasing him. 7x10, 24pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 |
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